CAGED VEGETABLE USERS

Re "Sentencings cap medical pot saga," Nov. 3: Assistant U.S. Attorney
Samuel Wong and Deputy Tracy Grant prosecuted vindictively. They were just
following orders to stymie the implementation of the people's will as
expressed in the Compassionate Use Act. The immediate victims here are
Robert and Shawna Whiteaker.

When the state can put people in cages for a prohibited vegetable, the
concepts of liberty and pursuit of happiness are diminished. Prohibition in
the cause of a drug-free utopia is a titanic waste. Other means can be
employed to reduce use - witness the decrease in tobacco smoking. Not one
person had to be caged to make such impressive gains. There are more
powerful tools than the law when truth is in your hand.

Wise up America, legalize.

Jay Bergstrom, Forest Ranch